2nd Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) - Science, Technology and Innovation for a Changing World - Focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 14

15-16 May 2017 | UN Headquarters, New York

Highlights for Monday, 15 May 2017

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The second annual Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) convened on Monday morning. Following opening addresses from ECOSOC President Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, General Assembly President Peter Thomson, and Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, addressed the Forum by video.

Interactive panel discussions were held throughout the day. The first panel, Harnessing STI for the SDGs – the key to unlocking STI potentials, set the scene for the STI Forum and provided elements of a vision on harnessing the potential of STI for sustainable development. The six panels under Session 2, which took place in three parallel sessions, focused on key priorities for engaging STI for six SDGs:

An exhibition for innovative solutions to the SDGs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9 and 14 also took place in the lobby at UN Headquarters.

IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web updates from the STI Forum 2017. In addition, IISD Reporting Services has published a briefing note of the Forum in HTML and PDF.

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